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Re: more on the poll
Posted By: Don the Monkeyman, on host 24.70.0.3
Date: Monday, August 20, 2001, at 09:44:12
In Reply To: more on the poll posted by Howard on Monday, August 20, 2001, at 05:57:40:

> Now that the reader poll has solved the mystery of couple/several/few/etc., somebody needs to define a bit, a dab, a smidgeon, a bunch, a pinch, a passel, a gob, beau coo, and a scallion.
> I had trouble finding some of these in the dictionary, but that may be a spelling problem.
> Howard

Well, "beaucoup" is the French word for "lots" (and the "p" is silent), which may be why you couldn't find it in your dictionary. :-)

Don Monkey

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